I read an awesome article tonight about parenting choices that was linked on a parenting site on Facebook. Then while reading a few groups I was in saw at least 3 other conversations about breastfeeding and how those who do make those who don't feel guilty.
I have said it before and will say it again, so long as your baby is fed, I don't care how or what you feed it. That is your right as a parent. I do not look down on those who choose formula as a means to nourish their child in the absence of (healthy) breastmilk formula is the best choice.
My choice as a parent is to breastfeed for as long as Braden wishes to continue. Tomorrow he may bite me and I might change my mind but for now that is my choice. It is a choice that has developed overtime during my pregnancy I made the decision to breastfeed and was aiming for 6 weeks, then 12 and then after that I just stopped counting.
Breast milk is the best thing you can give your baby, each woman makes the exact mixture that her baby needs at any given time. While every in of formula is made in a factory to the same recipe. Breast milk contain live antibodies that formula couldn't possibly. Breast is best, but formula is the next best.
Whatever your decision is, You need to own it! Stop telling me it's time to stop feeding my child, stop whining that the breast feeding woman are making you feel guilty. You made your decision for you not me.
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